Telegram-herald., 1887-09-06
SCHOOL ELECTIONS
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TIE school siess-ons p.sssd o4 very
a1.sEiy Yesterday. tas contesE being almost
iiies=ss eEcsgs n lae second. Eoarth snd
klshta Wards. TksFs Eszs isdy eandi-
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Wards sad al ssrs badly beaten. he ~
s'llt = ths fe.slsesion of al the old Trustees
- handsome majorilsez.
10 TIE Finf s4ri bzt hffie interest sas
takse in TIE election. ouiy le5 votes 5siag
reeorte4- The count. he.ssTss, shovel
EsiEard 4. stein, izz Ci.zFlss y. MAR.
-. fotsL Is7. Feur OF t1s ballots for ar
steil we're destroyed ana be was declared
te-s.eetsd - = vote u iio 70 A. fcr Ar.
NeaAr.
E4fiY yesterday morning it vas rumored
thai tie notorious Atslo<rt l.. LixingstOn
would oe a caadidA.s ia the sseoad ward.
Livingston - notet for bis anadulissaEsd
gall BAT people generally dld uoI believe
sbAf With bis record IN Police
Court aRd elsewhere he had cheek
enough 70 aspire % = seat On the Board OF
Education. he had the nerve" however
y tFy Z and when ths polls opened Nas ca
Rand Win his crowd oi hsnchmea who did
theif best 20 elect him. he had men on
ne streets "a al the lower part Of tna ward
soi!cllrg votes TOR him and Offering nee
DRINKS and cigars % those Who cared %
sep down into tae saloon which Is con-
aected With Livlngsf0us restaurant Ia
thta way &c cspluTsc large number %
crooks. buns" lCafars. etc, many OF
whom DO not live IN the ward
IA the citv He even tired ID
vote nis dish 2shers and women who when
Questioned by the inspectors could not
answer without the aid of an Interpreter
Many dlsgraceful scenes were enacted a. tne
polls. Livingston presented q woman,
who, IS be said wished 10 vote, and in try
Ing 70 make her understand the question a.
V whether she.had children Of school age. the
Inspectors ASKED her II she had any babies
No" said Fatty Roe. one Of Livingstone
henchmen. she haint ksen with Liylngs-
ton long enough for that" Early in the
afternoon it Looked a. II Livingston wolld
o. elected, it being apparent that by mis- in
defztigaole work be MAS securing the v0tee
OF some respectaols citizens who were un-
acquainted with him. When il
was reported that Livingtou was surely go
ing 20 be elected the people beSan 10 wake
up. They made an effort 20 save the ward
from tbs impending disgrace and succeeded
very nicely the count showing. sos votes for
Geo. L. Allen, 80 for ~ u. Moore, H. for
Livingston and for Thos. s. Portsmouth
"
sitlon u The reelection OF Trustee Horton
II. Drury, be receiving al OF the les votes
cast.
IN the Fourth ward the contest between
DR.. Griswold and Dr. Frances S. Hillyer
was quite spirited. The rain in the evening
bothered the ladies' and they did not cast
as large vote as last year. DR.. Griswoid
Was reelected, receiving a majority OF 10
n The upper precinct and l53 in the lower
precinct. or a total majority Of Up.
In he Fifth Simon sullivan was hustled
considerably by the "bOlters" candidate,
John Burrows, bur got there with 50 votes
to spare. -Four hundred and sixty mine
votes were cast, or which Trustee Sullivan
received 253 and John Burrows 2l6. Sulii-
vans majority-S7.
Peace and harmony characterized the
c0ntest in she Sixth Ward. The polling
place was ia the corner OF a building used
AS a church: over the table used there hung
on one wall the motto: ION Earth Peace,
Good viii 70 Men, and on the other
Love One Another" while the opening in
the ballot box was kept covered with =
bible. The only circumstances 10 mar the
peace OF the occasion was the challenging
Of two women by Nr. Felker. There was
little opposition 10 Mr.. Felker, and that was
divided. The vote was ss follows: Whole
number, DO: Henry J. Felker, l6l; Mar
zsret A Edison, %; Jacob A. Smits, 90
In the Seventh Trustee Richards had il
all bis own way and received IS yotes-no
opposition.
In the Eighth the ladies' made good
fight bat they can not work in the rain.
They were badly aefeatcd, tbs count show
ing 565 votes for Nirzm A. Fletcher, and 20
for Melissa e Holden.